Magnus MacintyreMagnus Macintyre grew up in suburban Oxford and rural Argyll, and then read History at Jesus College, Cambridge. He has been a serial entrepreneur in magazine publishing, film, television, and wind farming, with varying degrees of success. Only once as he had a proper job, as managing director of the New Statesman. He now lives in Somerset with Lucie and their two children, and writes full time. Whirligig is his first novel. Read More Read Less